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  1. v. t. e. The Phrygian language ( / ˈfrɪdʒiən /) was the Indo-European language of the Phrygians, spoken in Anatolia (modern Turkey ), during classical antiquity (c. 8th century BCE to 5th century CE). Phrygian ethno-linguistic homogeneity is debatable.

  2. The language is known primarily from a small number of glosses in classical writings. Phrygian language, ancient Indo-European language of west-central Anatolia. Textual evidence for Phrygian falls into two distinct groups. Old Phrygian texts date from the 8th to 3rd centuries bce and are written in an alphabet related to but different from ...

  3. Phrygian definition: of or relating to Phrygia, its people, or their language.. See examples of PHRYGIAN used in a sentence.

  4. Phrygian. Phrygian was an Indo-European language related to Dacian and Thracian and belonging to the Paleo-Balkan branch of languages. It was spoken in Central Asia Minor until about the 5th century AD. The earliest known inscriptions in Phyrgian date from the 8th century BC and were written in an alphabet derived from Phoenician.

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  6. The meaning of PHRYGIAN is a native or inhabitant of ancient Phrygia. a native or inhabitant of ancient Phrygia; the extinct Indo-European language of the Phrygians… See the full definition

  7. Phrygian synonyms, Phrygian pronunciation, Phrygian translation, English dictionary definition of Phrygian. adj. Of or relating to Phrygia or its people, language, or culture. n.

  8. The Phrygian language is a branch of the Indo-European language family that is closely related to Greek and Thracian (Strabo 7.3.2; Neumann 1988). It is notably different from Luwian and Hittite, the principal Bronze Age Anatolian languages, suggesting that the Phrygian language was intrusive into Anatolia, introduced through immigration from ...

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